Do I add amended soil?????

[Boom Shaka]

I have an opportunity to do an outdoor grow on a friends farm. He has a cow pen that is extremely isolated and is 100 yards X 100 yards and the cows have been sh%tting and urinating there for years.
Do I just plant directly in the ground or do I dig holes and add amended soil and then plant?
Any advise is greatly appreciated.
Also any help on dry fertilizers is appreciated as well.
Thanks in advance

 

[OLDproLg]

Cow poo property!

HECK YAH MAN,but i would start in small pots with a clean soil...
Are you going from seed or clones?
Seed plants are much stronger!
Lg

 

[Boom Shaka]

Cow poo property!

HECK YAH MAN,but i would start in small pots with a clean soil...
Are you going from seed or clones?
Seed plants are much stronger!
Lg

Vegging clones in FF and then transplanting OD in first week of May.

 

[Seamaiden]

Is there anything else growing in that area, and if so, what is it? My first concern would be with calcium. You should have plenty of N available, possibly too much, so if nothing's growing I would toss some corn or something else cheap on there and see what happens.

 

[Boom Shaka]

Is there anything else growing in that area, and if so, what is it? My first concern would be with calcium. You should have plenty of N available, possibly too much, so if nothing's growing I would toss some corn or something else cheap on there and see what happens.

There is nothing growing there, just dirt, sh%t and urine . It is a fenced in enclosure that holds a number of cattle in, so from them constantly walking around such a small place, nothing has had a chance to grow.

 

[Boom Shaka]

Is there anything else growing in that area, and if so, what is it? My first concern would be with calcium. You should have plenty of N available, possibly too much, so if nothing's growing I would toss some corn or something else cheap on there and see what happens.

It is also surrounded by a huge ag farm that he grows millet,alfalfa, and turf on.

 

[Seamaiden]

I'd cover crop it for now, get some more life in there.

 

[Kitsune Nyx]

I think I'd be looking at bug pests...
You could try yellow sweet clover for a cover crop & till it in for a great green manure.
Get a good couple feet into the ground & see how the worm population looks. Can you pull at least 5 fishing fatties(crawlers, worms, ect) out of one hole? If so, that's going to be nice soil. If not, try tilling it with some char(hardwood ash- lightly), cover cropping & never be afraid to send soil in to your local extension office for "vegetable garden" testing.

Hope that helps.

 

[Boom Shaka]

I'd cover crop it for now, get some more life in there.

Thank you

 

[Boom Shaka]

I think I'd be looking at bug pests...
You could try yellow sweet clover for a cover crop & till it in for a great green manure.
Get a good couple feet into the ground & see how the worm population looks. Can you pull at least 5 fishing fatties(crawlers, worms, ect) out of one hole? If so, that's going to be nice soil. If not, try tilling it with some char(hardwood ash- lightly), cover cropping & never be afraid to send soil in to your local extension office for "vegetable garden" testing.

Hope that helps.

Thank you

 

[SunGrown]

I bet it will be fine, (how recent were the cows there?)
But run a tiller thru there with a few yards of perlite or lave rock. A simple soil test after that is less than 50$ and they will tell you exactly what ammendments to add next.
HTH

 

[Boom Shaka]

I bet it will be fine, (how recent were the cows there?)
But run a tiller thru there with a few yards of perlite or lave rock. A simple soil test after that is less than 50$ and they will tell you exactly what ammendments to add next.
HTH

Thanks. The cows are leaving soon. Going to get a soil test soon